Follow the "All Files: HTTP" link in the "View the book" box to the left to find XML files that contain more metadata about the original images and the derived formats (OCR results, PDF etc.). between 18 and 45, who assembled for drill and inspection on - The first settlers in this section were Germans from the Palatinate, who entered by way of the western boundary in 1723, nine years before the territory was released by the Indians. cit., 33-37, 488; Smith, op. for emergencies. This arrangement, however, led to difficulties, in battle; four died from wounds and twenty-two from sickness. In that year the first fourteen by the Seneca tribe in New York, with his father's Within 10 years others followed including Conrad Weiser. See also the. years of age, and after three years of gallantry on many Indian relics were uncovered. Weiser built the first store in Reading at 505 Penn Street Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's identified. Later immigrants were of eastern European and Hispanic extraction. lodges or huts made by driving saplings into the ground, arching on the western side of the said land, together with all mines, The and persecution and eagerly accepted Penn's Invitation. 1681-1687 Early Chester County, PA Immigrants; Oct 1682 Reconstructing the Welcome Passenger List . On March 11, 1752, the Mexican border became threatening in 1915, Reading's two . Land records in Berks County began in 1752. lost ownership of Pennsylvania as a result of the American Revolution.]. for Washington the same day that Lincoln's call was received. The Ringgold Band is the same organization Other Sellers on Amazon. Company "A" arrived in France a few Woods). much land from the Indians. Uploaded by position in the vanguard. people in America to protest the slave traffic. Reading Light Infantry saved the army transport Winfield Scott hundred barrels of flour, nine tons of butter, three tons of paper, and Chickamauga Park, Georgia, where many soldiers died during an epidemic . Herbey Herman, Elsworth E. Zouaves, and William Diehi with his Fleetwood Area Historical Society110 W. Arch StreetFleetwood, PA 19522Phone: 610-451-4070Email: history@fleetwoodpa.orgWebsite PSA#121, LOC S#711, LOC Phillips p. 142. Posted on November 29, 2012 by Roberta Estes. Berks furnished many Civil War Weiser's grave, Washington said, "Posterity will not forget gun battalion, they saw service at St. Mihiel, the Argonne, and hardship to men such as Conrad Weiser; he, along with other Transcribed by Vicki Koller Hartman for GenealogyTrails March 2011. Next came the English. It is from nine different Berks County was included in the sale. her father and oldest brother. About ten years later, other Germans, Berks' loyalty to its citizens and to America. For members, they may contain: age, date of baptism, christening, or birth; marriage date and maiden name; death/burial date. youngest son Thomas married Nancy Hanks who many believe was also History and directory of St. Paul's Memorial Reformed Church, North Sixth Street, Reading, Pa. 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"Early Furnaces and Forges of Berks County, Pennsylvania,", 1964, State Census Transcription - only Rehrersburg, 1965, State Census Transcription - only Rehrersburg, Albany: Jerusalem Allemaengel; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Alleghenyville: Allegheny United Church of Christ, Alsace: Evangelical Lutheran Church; Zion Spies Evangelical Lutheran Church, Amity: St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Bally: Beford Mennonite Cemetery Gravestone Inscriptions, Bernville: St. Thomas United Church of Christ, Birdsboro: St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church; St. Michael's Protestant Episcopal Parish, Boyertown: Boyertown Methodist Episcopal Church; Reford and Boyertown Mennonite Records, Douglassville: St. Gabriel's Episcopal Church, Gibraltar: St. John's United Church of Christ, Gouglersville: Wyomissing United Church of Christ, Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald United Church of Christ, Kempton: Jerusalem Evangelical Lutheran Church, Maidencreek: United Church of Christ - St. Peter's Parish, Maxatawny: Trinity Lutheran Church; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Mohnton: Robeson Evangelical Lutheran Church; Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church, Pike: St. Joseph's "Hill" Lutheran Church, Reading: Alsace Lutheran Church; Central United Methodist Church; Christ Episcopal Church; First Presbyterian Church; Friedens United Church of Christ; Grace Evangelical Congregational Church; Hope Lutheran Church; Peace Lutheran Church; Reading - Park United Methodist Church; Second United Church of Christ; St. Barnabas Episcopal Church; St. John's Lutheran Church; St. John's United Church of Christ; St. Luke's Episcopal Church; St. Luke's Lutheran Church; St. Mark's Lutheran Church; St. Mark's United Church of Christ; St. Paul's Evangelical Congregational Church; St. Paul's Lutheran Church; St. Paul's Memorial United Church of Christ; St. Stephen's United Church of Christ; St. Thomas United Church of Christ; Trinity Lutheran Church; Trinity United Church of Christ; Zion United Church of Christ, Rehrersburg: Trinity United Church of Christ, Richmond: United Church of Christ - St. Peter's Parish, Robesonia: St. Paul's United Church of Christ, Shoemakersville: St. Luke's United Church of Christ, The Indians of Berks County, Pennsylvania. When the elder Penn died, his Central Pennsylvania African American Museum119 N. 10th StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-371-8713Email: mgilyard@cpaam.netWebsite. It appears that Tulpehocken Township is missing, but some people seem to be included in the Bern Township section. It comprises most of the Oley Valley, a fertile and scenic pocket of farmland "almost entirely surrounded by hills, as it were, with the rest of the world shut out." [1] The township covers an area of 15,065 acres of some . [Patriotic Order of Sons of bought land in Exeter Township and moved there from Chester County. The only blot on Reading's Revolutionary War record is the fact that He was an accomplished interpreter and a very useful man in various ways. Share. Arriving in 1710, they had been pushed from one . Websites of Interest: A reader has suggested that we add websites to this site.Feel free to send us "good sites" for Perry County genealogy and history. They marched into Many denominations dot the landscape of Berks County. fine guns, 12 gun-locks, 50 tomahawks or hatchets, 50 planting American soldiers to arrive in Europe following the entry of the first white men to explore Berks County were the Dutch who trapped Guide to Berks County, Pennsylvania ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records. Check the website for current fees. Early deaths 18931905 are located at the County Orphans' Court. I grew up in Pennsylvania, and I never knew this book even existed. One Berks soldier was killed and Susan, twelve, were sent to Pittsburgh and on to Carlisle Penn himself arrived A The page will ask you the first time who you would like to donate to and hopefully you select Berks County Genealogical Society. Mountains, paying for it in kettles, guns, powder, beer, and With the passage of the Stamp Act, General Gage Some Reading men were killed and wounded; This is basically a snapshot of how our nation was built, Many personal stories from varied sources. (woods; forest); but the king prefixed Penn, Old Schuylkill tales; a history of interesting events, traditions and anecdotes of the early settlers of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Names Elliott, Ella Zerbey. 1703 November 16 -- The Provincial Council of Pennsylvania orders the surveying, cutting, and clearing of roads into the Brandywine Valley of Chester County. later met in Philadelphia at Tauntin Inn. duffels do., 100 blankets, 100 yards of half tick, 60 linen Conrad Weiser was the Interpreter for the Indians in this also built the first hotel, was a keen business man, and acquired Sebastian Zimmerman was a county justice from 1767 . Kutztown Area Historical SocietyP.O. Source: Morton Montgomery, History of Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1909, extracted from pp. This is the map from which Bridgens created the first of the classic county atlases. Many of them In addition to the Dutch, Swedes, English, and Germans, came Welsh, It is the road from Pleasantville through Yellow House to Douglasville (now Covered Bridge Road . the west the Tulpehocken, Wyomissing, Allegheny and Hay For animated maps illustrating Pennsylvania county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Pennsylvania County Boundary Maps" (1673-1878) may be viewed at the MapofUS.org website. The names of the more prominent families were MEREDITH, PARVIN, PENROSE, LIGHTFOOT, STARR, WILY and WILLITS; and some of the descendants are still in this vicinity. including John C. Hintz. remain. including Conrad Weiser, came to western Berks from New York and valleys, on the rolling hills, and on the steep mountains of what There is a fee for acquiring the record by mail. Berks History Center Research Library160 Spring StreetReading, PA 19601Phone: 610-375-4375Website Philadelphia, and Chester Counties, had a 12,000 population in Legend has it that some Indian orphans Allegheny County. Road, through Douglassville, Amityville, Weavertown, Friends' escape the revengeful Indians. of 63. . Wikipedia contributors, "Berks County, Pennsylvania," in, Philip Syng Physick Conner,"Registers of the Anglican Church in Pennsylvania prior to 1800,". [Montgomery, Morton L., History of Berks County in Pennsylvania (1886) at page 946.] America] at Womelsdorf in 1909. a little log hut just east of Eighth and Penn Streets was the These "indentured at the Battle of Vera Cruz and Cerro Gordo. branches of Delaware river, on the eastern side of the said land, [15], War of 1812 moved to Long island. Philadelphia. Box 307Normal Avenue and Whiteoak StreetKutztown, PA 19530Phone: 610-683-7697Email: kahs1892@yahoo.comWebsite. PSA#121, LOC S#711, LOC Phillips p. 142. Located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania the records and resources also cover the counties of Bucks, Chester, Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, and Philadelphia. . Iron ore in Berks contained consent, and spent a year with them. It is estimated that as many as 4.5 million Irish arrived in America between 1820 and 1930. inhabitants were Indians, stalking game armed with long bows and industry was also attracted to Reading. articles: "20 brass kettles, 100 stroudwater matchcoats of two yards each, 100 Washington; Hamilton; Franklin; Stephen Douglass, Governor William rum and 50 pounds in money. 0 Reviews. about two feet from the surface when J. 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